History has lessons for us all

I thought that it would be interesting to elaborate on this particular writing topic. I really like history. I’m not what one would call an expert at history, but I find it to be an interesting topic of study. I feel that it is important that one knows and understands the events that have taken place. Especially those negative things, because if we don’t learn from the things that have taken place, there is a very high possibility that we will find ourselves repeating those things. I think that the statement about history being a narrative of a person who may, intentionally, or unintentionally, leave things out is something to really think about. I guess people really can’t help it when they leave something out unintentionally. But it does bother me to learn that people leave out information on purpose, and I’m especially bothered when those things are left out on purpose. I guess in the end, it is completely up to that person which information they wish to divulge, but I think when it comes to the benefit or safety of others, that person should be responsible enough to tell what needs to be told. A couple of semesters ago, I was taking a history class on American history to be exact. We had to write a term paper, and he had mentioned a subject that we could go into. That subject was dealing with world war II, but more specifically the Pearl Harbor and the events that had led up to the event. He had mentioned, that the codes had been known before the attack had taken place, but still nobody told the necessary people, and nothing really seemed to be done about it. I guess some would call this just a conspiracy theory, but after I had done the research myself, I had come to the conclusion that this had to be truth. And for many years, people had been led to believe that the attacks from the Japanese on Pearl Harbor were a complete surprise, but many years later, when certain documentation was allowed to be released, the truth comes out that it was not a total surprise. To many there that day, it was of course a surprise, but there were influential people involved that had prior knowledge to the plans, and refused to do anything about. Some would argue that this would have something to do with getting the United States involved in the war. Because before this had happened, most Americans were opposed to the idea of entering into the war over in Europe, but once the attack happened, it threw the United States right into the war. Makes sense to me when I think about it. After my research on the topic, I was really amazed at what had happened, but at the same time not really all that surprised. I think that there are so many things out there that aren’t really as they seem. I think the best thing to do, to separate fact from fiction, is not just take somebody’s word for it, but do the research for yourself.